PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-698

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 698

JANUARY 2011
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-698 - Page 10 of 33
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Parking
•
If your trailer’s not parked on hard-
stand, put dunnage under the tires to
keep them from sinking and freezing into
the ground.
•
Place ground boards, NSN 2510-00-
741-7585, underneath the landing legs
when you park. Use dunnage if you don’t
have ground boards.
•
Park the trailer so the front end sits
a little higher than the rear to help
water drain.
•
Place a tarp over the side panels and
storage areas of bulkheads. That’ll stop
ice from freezing stakes, panels and
retaining hardware to the bulkhead.
Maintenance
•
Drain the air system to keep water from freezing in the air lines.
•
When possible, fush out road chemicals From underneath the trailer and the axle
ends to stop corrosion on Frames, air chambers, brake systems, rails, ±ttings and
lines. Use clean, low-pressure water.
•
Use dielectric grease, NSN 6850-01-525-0776, on all electrical connectors.
Trailers…
cold
weather
advice
if your trailers
could talk, it
might be a little
scary.
…and there
Tommy the
Trailer was, left
all alone in the
blizzard due to
poor PM on his
towing lunette.
A vicious pack
of wolves began
to circle him…
But they’d probably
give you good advice on
how to care for them in
cold weather.
That’s when snow and ice
make operations
rough.
Make life easier for
you
and
your trailers
by paying attention to
the following
winter
maintenance tips.
Use ground
boards under
landing legs
Parking trailer higher in
front helps water drain
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